LITHUANIAN ROOTS

An Overview of Lithuanian Traditional Culture

Edited by Rytis Ambrazevicius

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Table of Contents

• Preface and Copyright Notice
• Foreword
• LAND AND ORIGINS
  • Geographic Situation
  • State Structure
  • The State Emblem
  • The Lithuanian Flag
  • Nature
  • Population
  • The First People of Lithuania
  • The Formation of the Baltic Tribes
  • The Baltic Tribes
  • The Baltic Languages
  • Baltic Culture
  • Baltic Religion
  • History of the Lithuanian State
• WORD, MUSIC AND DANCE
  • The Art of the Word
  • Songs
  • Musical Instruments
  • Dances
• ETHNIC REGIONS
  • Dzukija
  • Suvalkija
  • Aukstaitija
  • Zemaitija
  • Lithuania Minor
• THE CALENDAR CYCLE
  • Christmas Eve (December 24th)
  • Christmas (December 25th)
  • New Year's Day (January 1st)
  • Three Kings' Day (January 6th)
  • Shrove Tuesday (Seven Weeks before Easter)
  • Gavenia (Lent)
  • Stork Day (March 25th)
  • First Ploughing
  • Easter
  • St. George's Day (April 23rd)
  • Sowing
  • Whitsunday (The Seventh Sunday after Easter)
  • St. John's Day (June 24th)
  • Haymaking
  • Rye Harvesting
  • Zolines (Meadow Grass Celebration, August 15th)
  • Flax Pulling
  • Flax Breaking
  • All Saints' Day and Velines (November 1st - 2nd)
  • St. Andrew's Day (November 30th)
  • Advent
• FAMILY CELEBRATIONS
  • Weddings
  • Childbirth - Christening
  • Death - Funerals
• CLOTHING
  • Sashes
• THE TABLE
  • Dining Etiquette
  • Foods
• APPLIED ART
• ARCHITECTURE AND FIGURATIVE ART
• THE PRESENT DAY, FOLKLORE AND FOLKLORE STUDIES
  • The Disappearance of Traditional Culture
  • The Rebirth of Folklore in New Forms
  • Researching Traditional Culture
• INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS
• RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND ARCHIVES
• INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING
• ETHNOCULTURAL CENTERS
• MUSEUMS
• MUSEUMS OF ETHNOGRAPHY
• NATIONAL PARK ETHNIC CULTURE DEPARTMENTS

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"LITHUANIAN ROOTS", Edited by Rytis Ambrazevicius

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